Buying Houses is broken

[DeaconDrB]

This is another post in hopes that someone is actually reading these that has some pull.
Having people sit by a placard for half a day at a time just clicking hoping that they will be able to buy a plot of land is beyond ridiculous.

What the actual hell

[UserHere]

I wonder if SE assumed people would just come and go and the lucky person who came at the right time got the plot. In trying to prevent house flipping, they created a horde of zombies who had no choice but to turn their MMO into a mindless clicker mini game.

[Gula]

Every housing thread until its fixed. Everyone must know what pain looks like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BB1VS6sukY

[Bright-Flower]

They should implement a lottery system. That could prevent house flipping while also not giving an advantage to click bots/making people camp for hours on end.

[Jojoya]

They should implement a lottery system. That could prevent house flipping while also not giving an advantage to click bots/making people camp for hours on end.

And leaves every player who was trying to get that house out in the cold except for one lucky person.

All a lottery does is change how the RNG works. It does nothing to solve the core problem.

[Blue_Myu]

And leaves every player who was trying to get that house out in the cold except for one lucky person.

All a lottery does is change how the RNG works. It does nothing to solve the core problem.

Really there is no easy solution with the current system. ANYTHING you do with the current system as is. A lottery, highest bidder wins, make it available the moment the plot becomes empty, add extra wards, anything you do with the current system will result in the same issues now for the sole purpose that housing is a finite system, while the amount of players on that server could in theory be infinite (Though the login times would probably want some to transfer.)

Instanced would ideally be the 'best' answer, though I don't know how much the developers would want this, especially considering how much effort they put fourth with the current system.
Plus, what of the current system? Do we just add the instanced housing and leave these houses as is? Do we make these houses FC only? Instanced housing FC only? Do we just have both systems and leave this a sloppy mess?

[Granyala]

They should implement a lottery system. That could prevent house flipping while also not giving an advantage to click bots/making people camp for hours on end.

Instead of further RNG schemes and other nonsensical crap, they need to use the money we give them each month, upgrade their potato servers and release more wards already.
I am saying this as s/o that owns a medium house for quite some time now.

[Kenky]

Instead of further RNG schemes and other nonsensical crap, they need to use the money we give them each month, upgrade their potato servers and release more wards already.
I am saying this as s/o that owns a medium house for quite some time now.

Won't. Fix. The issue.
If everyone could get a house, then I'm sure plenty of other systems (such as Gil-sinks and certain reddits) would go completely unused. Not to mention that, even if their servers were 'potato' as you so put it. Upgrading wards and making more districts will only cap the hardware upgrade again. Then they'd upgrade, only for it to cap again. Nobody is entitled to a House. You are entitled to a CHANCE. Nothing more.

Not to mention that, if everyone could get a house.. Then what purpose would they serve? They're no longer showing ones wealth if everyone can get them. They're no longer being a status symbol or proof that your personal skills / FC capabilities are worthy of note.

They need to remain a Finite Resource, purely so there is a Demand for them.

[Dyvid]

Maybe instead of RNG, list the house after 30 days of plot reclamation. So if player pays someone to relinquish their land, they would have to wait a full month until it comes up making it much hard to buy that plot. Plus they shouldn't show the house available for purchase until it's really ready for purchase.

Also give the option for players to sell back their house to SE at purchase price.

[timmeh1333]

replying as a shameless bump... though the developers clearly don't give a f